Allen library offers embroidery workshop and opens cookie-decorating signup

Sashiko tickets will be distributed Oct. 25; registration for November’s cookie workshop opens Oct. 21.

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Registration for Allen Public Library’s Nov. 11 cookie-decorating workshop opens Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. CDT.

The adult Hobby Hop program is limited to 20 people. Participants will practice icing holiday-themed cookies with Lindsey Hearn, known as The Cookie Guy, and the library says supplies are included.

The workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 11, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. CST in the library’s Kitchenette and Meeting Rooms A and B. It is for adults 18 and older. The library’s event page will handle registration when the window opens.

Allen Public Library will also offer an adult Sashiko stitching workshop Sunday, Oct. 25, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. CDT in Program Room C.

The Hobby Hop session introduces Japanese embroidery techniques with uses in decorative stitching and mending. It is for adults 18 and older.

The library limits the workshop to 16 participants. Free tickets will be available at the Teen Desk 30 minutes before the program, making ticket distribution 2:30 p.m. CDT.

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